Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Selfish, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1400 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is a great chef.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 sp. Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears an entirely blue suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has a hunchback. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in the south to a Guard, Thiala learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a white shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and black pants. His hair is white and curly. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mayor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Wiggan was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her brown fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Priest business.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Gold music box (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has wavy red hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gilthur studied abroad. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has worked as a Carter like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to be a dilettante again

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 sp. Obsidian (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: This woman wears a red collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has a very tight haircut. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has achieved small success as a Marshal.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is typically in her Courier uniform. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 90000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears tattered old clothes. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Interpreter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Gnarsh was born the youngest of three triplets. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Justice, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1100 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp).